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- Get an Ethiopian Visa to Visit the City of Harar
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Get a Kenyan Visa to Visit Meru National Park
March 12th, 2011
Decades ago, Meru National Park in Kenya was a virtual wasteland, haunted by poachers who decimated the wildlife population. However, after a 5 year restoration period that began in 2000, the poachers are out and the animals have returned. If you're lucky, you could see lions, leopards, cheetahs, hippos, antelopes and even rhinos.
This park is also the final resting place of Elsa the Lioness, made famous in the book and movie Born Free. Meru is the park where she was eventually released. Although Elsa went on to start a family of her own in the park, she later became ill and died. Her cubs, too young to fend for themselves successfully, began preying on local livestock and had to be moved to a different park for their own protection.
For a long time, Meru simply wasn't worth visiting, b
Soon, You Can Live It Up In Siberia with a Russian Visa
March 10th, 2011
Siberia is not known for its nightlife, but Russia hopes to change all that by building its own "City of Sin" in the snow.
According to Gadling, the development will be called "Siberian Coin," and it will be located near Siberia's border with China and Kazakhstan, in the frozen wastes of the Altai Republic.
If this sounds like an unlikely place for a "wretched hive of scum and villany," well, it is. But Russia banned gambling in most of the country years ago, opting instead to create "gambling zones" in underdeveloped regions of the country.
Currently, Siberian Coin is still a dream and a 9-acre chunk of barren, frozen wasteland - but a four man team is installing an electric grid as we speak. According to Businessweek, the Russian government expects casinos and hotels to brighten up t
Laos Visa Requirements to Visit the Plain of Jars
March 6th, 2011
Deep in the heart of Laos, there is a large open plateau dotted with stone jars that date back to the Iron Age. Some of these jars are immense -- the largest is almost 10 feet high!
Nobody is quite sure where these unusual relics came from. According to this post on Environmental Graffiti, local tradition is that the jars were either used to by giants to brew rice wine or were placed on the plain to store water for thirsty travelers.
However, the scientific consensus is that they were used in ancient burial rites. Cremated remains have been found inside some of the jars, though interestingly, unburned bodies have been found buried outside of the jars as well. It seems likely that this is because different burial practices existed for different social classes, with elites being cre
Cambodian Visa Requirements to Visit the Eco-lodges of Koh Kong
March 5th, 2011
Cambodia's remote Koh Kong province is a jungle paradise filled with endangered elephants, tigers, crocodiles, monkeys and more, plus pristine sandy beaches with nary a condo in sight.
The province is also home to some of the last remaining virgin rainforests in the country, and it is quickly becoming model of sustainable development as conservation groups and conservation-minded businesspeople partner with local villagers to build eco-friendly lodges and tourist establishments.
The increased income provided by tourism has given local villagers the incentive and the breathing room to preserve the surrounding forests. Instead of hunting, they now guide tourists. The money that visitors bring in means that families no longer have to engage in destructive practices like illegal logging o
Get an Ethiopian Visa to Visit the City of Harar
March 4th, 2011
Harar, Ethiopia is ancient city that dates back to at least the 11th century AD. Historically, the city has long been famous for arts like weaving, basketry and bookbinding. It's also famous for its delicious coffee, which is considered to be some of the best, if not the very best, in the world. Although there's no hard proof, some believe that Harar is the birthplace of the energizing beverage, without which some of us simply could not function. Thank you, Harar!
Harar is considered to be the fourth holiest city in Islam, and the city's walls enclose as many as 110 mosques, some of which are almost as old as the city itself. There's a lot to see here, and the city's inhabitants are generally friendly and welcoming to tourists.
One spectacle that you won't see anywhere else is the
